Ebola breaks out in Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – The deadly Ebola virus has killed 14 people in western Uganda this month, Ugandan health officials said on Saturday, ending weeks of speculation about the cause of a strange disease...
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Egypt’s Brotherhood seeks balance on Islamic law
(Reuters) – In decades of furtive meetings in tea houses, mosques and universities, members of Egypt’s underground Muslim Brotherhood spoke ardently of a country governed by Islamic law. Now that their debates take place...
Egypt crisis: Water minister asked to form government
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has appointed Water Minister Hisham Qandil as prime minister and asked him to form a new government, state TV says. There has been much speculation over how Mr Mursi will...
Vast aquifer found in Namibia could last for centuries
A newly discovered water source in Namibia could have a major impact on development in the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa. Estimates suggest the aquifer could supply the north of the country for 400...
China strengthens Africa ties with $20 billion in loans
(Reuters) – Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday offered $20 billion in loans to African countries over the next three years, boosting a relationship that has been criticized by the West and given Beijing...
Where Are the Middle East’s Revolutions Heading?
One-and-a-half years after the start of the Arab Spring, Islamists have taken power in some countries, Gulf rulers are suppressing dissent with cash and Syria is descending into civil war. The Arab revolutions are...
Egypt’s President-elect presses for release of blind sheik: WTC terrorist
Egypt’s new government is sparking growing outrage in the U.S. for its attempts to win the release of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind cleric behind the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center....
Timbuktu’s Sidi Yahia mosque ‘attacked by Mali militants’
Islamist militants in Mali have attacked one of the most famous mosques in the historic city of Timbuktu, residents say. Armed men broke down the door of the 15th-Century Sidi Yahia mosque, a resident...
U.S. seizes cargo ship suspected of carrying stowaways
(Reuters) – U.S. authorities seized a cargo ship with goods from India and Egypt on Wednesday after hearing what sounded like people stowed away inside a container on the vessel, the U.S. Coast Guard...
Africa’s Islamist militants ‘co-ordinate efforts’
Three of Africa’s largest militant Islamist groups are trying to co-ordinate their efforts, the head of the US Africa Command has warned. Gen Carter Ham said in particular North African al-Qaeda in the Islamic...
